"ten Best Picture nominees instead of five, a practice that was discontinued after the 16th ceremony in 1944. On February 20, 2010, in a ceremony at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, California, the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement were presented by host Elizabeth Banks. ""The Hurt Locker"" won six awards, including Best Picture and Best Director for Kathryn Bigelow, the first woman to win an Academy Award for Best Director. Other winners were ""Avatar"" with three awards, ""Crazy Heart"", ""Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire"", and ""Up"", with two awards, and ""The Cove"", ""Inglourious Basterds"", ""The"
"to win the Academy Award for Best Director. Spielberg was also the first to win Best Director from both the Saturn Awards and the Academy Awards at the same year, but for different movies (Saturn Award for ""Jurassic Park"", and Academy Award for ""Schindler's List"", both in 1993); Peter Jackson was the first to win both for the same film ("""", in 2003) while Alfonso Cuarón was the second (for ""Gravity"" in 2013). Notes: ""†"" indicates an Academy Award-winning movie on the same category. ""‡"" indicates an Academy Award-nominated movie on the same category. Saturn Award for Best Director The"
"Blind Side"", ""Logorama"", ""Music by Prudence"", ""The New Tenants"", ""The Secret in Their Eyes"", ""Star Trek"", and ""The Young Victoria"" with one. The telecast garnered nearly 42 million viewers in the United States, making it the most watched Oscar telecast since the 77th Academy Awards in 2005. The nominees for the 82nd Academy Awards were announced on February 2, 2010, at 5:38 a.m. PST (13:38 UTC) at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, California, by Tom Sherak, president of the Academy, and actress Anne Hathaway. ""Avatar"" and ""The Hurt Locker"" led the nominations with nine each. The winners were"
"director in history to receive this award, at the age of 32 for his work on ""La La Land"". Two directing teams have shared the award; Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins for ""West Side Story"" in 1961 and Joel and Ethan Coen for ""No Country for Old Men"" in 2007. The Coen brothers are the only siblings to have won the award. Kathryn Bigelow is the only woman to have won the award, for 2009's ""The Hurt Locker"". As of the 2018 ceremony, Guillermo del Toro is the most recent winner in this category for his work on ""The Shape"
"Awards, six Hispanic/Latino directors have been nominated a total of eight times in this category with four wins among them. Academy Award for Best Director The Academy Award for Best Director (officially known as the Academy Award for Best Directing) is an award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It is given in honor of a film director who has exhibited outstanding directing while working in the film industry. The 1st Academy Awards ceremony was held in 1929 with the award being split into ""Dramatic"" and ""Comedy"" categories; Frank Borzage and Lewis Milestone won"
"2010 National Society of Film Critics Awards The 45th National Society of Film Critics Awards, given on 8 January 2011, honored the best in film for 2010. 1. The Social Network<br> 2. ""Carlos""<br> 3. ""Winter's Bone"" 1. David Fincher – ""The Social Network""<br> 2. Olivier Assayas – ""Carlos""<br> 3. Roman Polanski – ""The Ghost Writer"" 1. Jesse Eisenberg – ""The Social Network""<br> 2. Colin Firth – ""The King's Speech""<br> 2. Édgar Ramírez – ""Carlos"" 1. Giovanna Mezzogiorno – ""Vincere""<br> 2. Annette Bening – ""The Kids Are All Right""<br> 3. Lesley Manville – ""Another Year"" 1. Geoffrey Rush – ""The King's"
"four Best Director Awards, the most in awards history. ""Let the Bullets Fly"" directed by Jiang Wen and ""Flying Swords of Dragon Gate"" directed by Tsui Hark dominated the nominations in 13 categories including Best Film and Best Director. Individually, Jiang Wen got nominated in four categories (director, actor, screenplay, film editing). Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (). Best Film Best Director Best Screenplay Best Actor Best Actress Best Supporting Actor Best Supporting Actress Best Cinematography, Best Film Editing Best Art Direction, Best Costume and Makeup Design Best Action Choreography Best Sound"
"top honors: Best Picture, Best Director (Barry Jenkins), Best Supporting Actor (Mahershala Ali), and the Russell Smith Award. ""La La Land"" and ""Manchester by the Sea"" both won two awards. ""Manchester by the Sea"" won Best Actor (Casey Affleck) and Best Screenplay (Kenneth Lonergan), while ""La La Land"" won Best Cinematography (Linus Sandgren) and Best Musical Score (Justin Hurwitz). Winners are listed first and highlighted with boldface. Other films ranked by the annual poll are listed in order. While most categories saw 5 honorees named, categories ranged from as many as 10 (Best Film) to as few as 2 (Best"
"83rd Academy Awards The 83rd Academy Awards ceremony, organized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best films of 2010 in the United States and took place on February 27, 2011, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST (8:30 p.m. EST). During the ceremony, Academy Awards (commonly called the Oscars) were presented in 24 competitive categories. The ceremony was televised in the United States by ABC, and produced by Bruce Cohen and Don Mischer, with Mischer also serving as director. Actors James Franco and Anne Hathaway co-hosted the ceremony,"
"nine each. The winners were announced during the awards ceremony on February 22, 2015. For the first time since the expansion of the Best Picture nominee roster at the 82nd ceremony in 2010, every Best Picture nominee won at least one award. ""Birdman"" was the first film to win Best Picture without an editing nomination since ""Ordinary People"" (1980). Alejandro G. Iñárritu became the second consecutive Mexican to win for Best Director after Cuarón who won for helming ""Gravity"". At age 84, Robert Duvall was the oldest male acting nominee in Oscar history. Having won for his work on ""Gravity"""
"Academy Award for Best Director The Academy Award for Best Director (officially known as the Academy Award for Best Directing) is an award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It is given in honor of a film director who has exhibited outstanding directing while working in the film industry. The 1st Academy Awards ceremony was held in 1929 with the award being split into ""Dramatic"" and ""Comedy"" categories; Frank Borzage and Lewis Milestone won for ""7th Heaven"" and ""Two Arabian Knights"", respectively. However, these categories were merged for all subsequent ceremonies. Nominees are determined"
"to be nominated in that category, and the third woman overall, after Lina Wertmüller and Jane Campion. In 2010, Kathryn Bigelow became the fourth woman to be nominated, and the first to win the award. Coppola, however, remains the youngest woman to be nominated in the Best Director category. Coppola's win for Best Original Screenplay (along with her cousin Nicolas Cage's 1996 win for Best Actor) resulted in her family's becoming the second three-generation Oscar-winning family, her grandfather Carmine Coppola and her father Francis Ford Coppola having previously won Oscars. The first family to achieve this feat was the Huston"
"Train Home"" (""Guītú Lièchē"") 2010 National Society of Film Critics Awards The 45th National Society of Film Critics Awards, given on 8 January 2011, honored the best in film for 2010. 1. The Social Network<br> 2. ""Carlos""<br> 3. ""Winter's Bone"" 1. David Fincher – ""The Social Network""<br> 2. Olivier Assayas – ""Carlos""<br> 3. Roman Polanski – ""The Ghost Writer"" 1. Jesse Eisenberg – ""The Social Network""<br> 2. Colin Firth – ""The King's Speech""<br> 2. Édgar Ramírez – ""Carlos"" 1. Giovanna Mezzogiorno – ""Vincere""<br> 2. Annette Bening – ""The Kids Are All Right""<br> 3. Lesley Manville – ""Another Year"" 1. Geoffrey"
"an Oscar, with Elizabeth Taylor and Sandy Dennis winning. Burton later said, ""I didn't think I could learn anything about comedy - I'd done all of Shakespeare's. But from him I learned,"" adding, ""He conspires with you to get your best."" However, it was Taylor who chose Nichols to be their director, because, writes biographer David Bret, ""she particularly admired him because he had done a number of ad-hoc jobs to pay for his education after arriving in America as a seven-year-old Jewish refugee."" Producer Ernest Lehman agreed with her choice: ""He was the only one who could handle them,"""
"received multiple nominations in the same year was Steven Soderbergh for ""Erin Brockovich"" and ""Traffic"" in 2000, winning the award for the latter. The Academy Awards for Best Director and Best Picture have been very closely linked throughout their history. Of the 90 films that have been awarded Best Picture, 64 have also been awarded Best Director. Since its inception, the award has been given to 69 directors or directing teams. John Ford has received the most awards in this category with four. William Wyler was nominated on twelve occasions, more than any other individual. Damien Chazelle became the youngest"
"history. Of the 55 films that have been awarded Best Film, 24 have also been awarded Best Director. The first one to achieve this was Ingmar Bergman, whose film ""The Silence"" won the Best Film award at the first 1st Guldbagge Awards. The last one who achieved this was Magnus von Horn through his film, ""The Here After"" at the 51st Guldbagge Awards (2015). The first woman who won the award for Best Director was Marianne Ahrne, for the film ""Near and Far Away"" (1976). Besides her, only nine women have ever been awarded for Best Director: Suzanne Osten for"
"Tony wins. At the age of thirty-two years and thirty-eight days, Damien Chazelle became the youngest person to win Best Director; Norman Taurog was only two hundred and twenty-two days older than Chazelle when he won Best Director for the 1931 comedy ""Skippy"". Kevin O'Connell finally ended the longest losing streak in Oscar history after 20 unsuccessful nominations for sound mixing, winning for ""Hacksaw Ridge"". ""Moonlight""s Dede Gardner became the first woman to win twice for producing, following her previous Best Picture win for ""12 Years a Slave"". Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double"
"and also received a Golden Globe nomination for her direction. In 2010, she won the award for Best Director and ""The Hurt Locker"" won Best Picture at the 63rd British Academy Film Awards. She became the first woman to receive an Academy Award for Best Director for ""The Hurt Locker."" She was the fourth woman in history to be nominated for the honor, and only the second American woman. A competitor in the category was her ex-husband James Cameron as the director of the sci-fi film ""Avatar,"" with a budget of $200 million"". The Hurt Locker"" was far less expensive"
"both sides of the camera. However, there was again criticism at the lack of representation of Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) actors, directors and films in the nominations. In the leading actor, actress and director fields there were no BAME nominees, with the omission of director Barry Jenkins for ""Moonlight"" and actor/director Denzel Washington for ""Fences"" highlighted as particularly noteworthy. ""La La Land"" won the most awards at the event, winning five including Best Film. Damien Chazelle won Best Director, Emma Stone won Best Actress in a Leading Role, Linus Sandgren won Best Cinematography, and Justin Hurwitz won Best"
"and won four, including awards to Forman, Abraham, Shaffer, and Golden Globe Award for Best Picture – Drama. Jeffrey Jones was nominated for Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture Drama. Forman also received the Directors Guild of America Award for his work. At the end of the Oscar ceremony, Laurence Olivier came on stage to present the Oscar for Best Picture. As Olivier thanked the Academy for inviting him, he was already opening the envelope. Instead of announcing the nominees, he simply read, ""The winner for this is ""Amadeus""."" An AMPAS official quickly went onstage to confirm"
"Toronto Film Critics Association Awards 2010 The 14th Toronto Film Critics Association Awards, honoring the best in film for 2010, were given on December 14, 2010. Runners-Up: Colin Firth – ""The King's Speech"" and James Franco – ""127 Hours"" Runners-Up: Natalie Portman – ""Black Swan"" and Michelle Williams – ""Blue Valentine"" Runners-Up: ""Despicable Me"" and ""Toy Story 3"" Runners-Up: Darren Aronofsky – ""Black Swan"" and Christopher Nolan – ""Inception"" Runners-Up: ""Inside Job"" and ""Marwencol"" Runners-Up: ""Black Swan"" and ""Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives"" Runners-Up: ""Get Low"" and ""Monsters"" Runners-Up: ""Mother"" • South Korea and ""Of Gods and"
"MacFarlane, host of the ceremony, and actress Emma Stone. ""Lincoln"" received the most nominations with twelve total, and ""Life of Pi"" came in second with eleven. The winners were announced during the awards ceremony on February 24, 2013. ""Argo"" was the fourth film to win Best Picture without a directing nomination, following 1927's ""Wings"", 1932's ""Grand Hotel"", and 1989's ""Driving Miss Daisy"". As co-producer of ""Argo"", George Clooney became the third individual to win Oscars for both acting and producing. By virtue of his nomination for Best Original Song in ""Ted"", host Seth MacFarlane became the first person since James"
"and performing at the Director's Fortnight opening party. The following films were screened for the 2010 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs): Feature films Short films The Palme d'Or was won by the Thai film ""Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives"" directed by Apichatpong Weerasethakul. It was the first time that an Asian movie won the award since 1997. Tim Burton, chairman of the jury that determined the award, stated about its decision: ""You always want to be surprised by films and this film did that for most of us."" French film ""Of Gods and Men"" was the runner"
"10th Satellite Awards The 10th Satellite Awards, honoring the best in film and television of 2005, were given on December 17, 2005. Auteur Award – George Clooney Mary Pickford Award – Gena Rowlands Nikola Tesla Award – Stan Winston Outstanding New Talent – Rupert Friend ""' Philip Seymour Hoffman – ""Capote"" ""' Terrence Howard – ""Hustle & Flow"" ""' Felicity Huffman – ""Transamerica"" ""' Reese Witherspoon – ""Walk the Line"" ""' ""Good Night, and Good Luck"" ""' ""The Constant Gardener"" – César Charlone ""' ""Pride & Prejudice"" ""' Ang Lee – ""Brokeback Mountain"" ""' ""Mad Hot Ballroom"" ""' ""Brokeback Mountain"""
"Golden Globe Award for Best Director The Golden Globe Award for Best Director has been presented annually by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, an organization composed of journalists who cover the United States film industry for publications based outside North America, since 1943. Having won all four of his nominations, Elia Kazan has been honored most often in this category. Martin Scorsese, Clint Eastwood, David Lean, Miloš Forman, and Oliver Stone tie for second place with three wins each. Steven Spielberg has had the most nominations (twelve) and has received the award twice. Barbra Streisand is the only woman to"
"at the same venue. ""Underworld"" took top honors as Movie of the Year, also winning Best Drama and seven other awards, including a directing award for Brad Armstrong. Tommy Pistol was named Best Actor for his performance as Ashley J. Wiliams in adult horror film ""Evil Head"". The coveted AVN Female Performer of the Year Award and AVN Best New Starlet Award went to Bonnie Rotten and Mia Malkova respectively. Axel Braun won Director of the Year for a record fourth consecutive time and Manuel Ferrara was awarded a record fifth Male Performer of the Year award. The new category"
"Revenant"", respectively. The Directors Guild of America Award for Feature Film has traditionally been a near perfect barometer for both Best Director and Best Picture Academy Awards. Only seven times since the DGA Award's inception has the DGA Award winner not won the Academy Award; in 1968 (Carol Reed won the Oscar for directing ""Oliver!""); 1972 (Bob Fosse won the Oscar for directing ""Cabaret""); 1985 (Sydney Pollack won the Oscar for directing ""Out of Africa"", as Steven Spielberg was not nominated for directing ""The Color Purple""); 1995 (Mel Gibson won for directing ""Braveheart"", as Ron Howard was not nominated for"
"27 October 2010, at the Sydney Theatre, in Dawes Point, New South Wales, by actors Jacki Weaver, Cate Blanchett, Gyton Grantley and Alex Dimitriades. ""Animal Kingdom"" received the most nominations, with eighteen, becoming the most nominated film in the awards history. ""Animal Kingdom"" received the most awards, with ten, including Best Film, and Best Direction and Best Original Screenplay for David Michôd. Other feature film winners were ""Bright Star"" with three, ""Tomorrow, When the War Began"", with two awards, and ""Beneath Hill 60"" with one. Some of the award categories in film, television, documentary and short film genres, for sound,"
"awards ceremony on February 29, 2004. With eleven awards, ""The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King"" tied with ""Ben-Hur"" and ""Titanic"" as the most awarded films in Oscar history. Moreover, its clean sweep of its eleven nominations surpassed ""Gigi"" and ""The Last Emperor""'s nine awards for the largest sweep for a single film in Oscar history. The film was also the tenth film to win Best Picture without any acting nominations. Best Director nominee Sofia Coppola became the first American woman and third woman overall to be nominated in that category. By virtue of her father, Francis"
"awards and TV awards; among them the 2010 Golden Globe award for the Best Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television, the 2010 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Foreign Language Film and for Best Director, the National Society of Film Critics 2010 award for Best Director, the New York Film Critics Circle 2010 award for Best Foreign Language Film, the 2010 European Film Award for Best Editor, the 2010 Critics Award for Best Film at the São Paulo International Film Festival, and Édgar Ramírez won the 2010 César Award for Most Promising Actor. In a 2016 international"
"films. Roger Ebert criticized the award as the result of ""the Academy's flawed rules,"" alleging ""A publicist merely has to be sure to invite everyone friendly to the film, while leaving it up to others to find their own way"". Both Nikita and Nadezhda Mikhalkov went on stage to accept the Academy Award. Nikita Mikhalkov directed and reprised his role as Sergei Petrovich Kotov in his sequel, ""Burnt by the Sun 2"". It competed for the Palme d'Or at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival. Oleg Menshikov and Nadezhda Mikhalkova also reprised their roles from the original film. Playwright Peter Flannery's"
"Writers Guild of America Awards 2010 The 63rd Writers Guild of America Awards honored the best film, television, and videogame writers of 2010. Winners were announced on February 5, 2011. ""Inception"" — written by Christopher Nolan; Warner Bros. ""The Social Network"" — screenplay by Aaron Sorkin; based on the book ""The Accidental Billionaires"" by Ben Mezrich; Sony Pictures ""Inside Job"" produced, written, and directed by Charles Ferguson; co-written by Chad Beck, Adam Bolt; Sony Pictures Classics ""Mad Men"" — Jonathan Abrahams, Lisa Albert, Keith Huff, Jonathan Igla, Andre Jacquemetton, Maria Jacquemetton, Brett Johnson, Janet Leahy, Erin Levy, Tracy McMillan, Dahvi"
"impossible to know."" She concluded, ""These are performances that lost too much in the editing room, smothered by music and overshadowed by a picture-postcard vision of the American West."" The film was nominated for the Academy Awards for Best Cinematography (John Toll), Best Art Direction (Lilly Kilvert, Dorree Cooper), and Best Sound (Paul Massey, David E. Campbell, Chris David and Douglas Ganton), and won the category for Best Cinematography. In addition, the film was nominated for the Golden Globes for Best Picture – Drama, Best Actor – Drama (Brad Pitt), Best Director (Edward Zwick), and Best Original Score (James Horner)."